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Travel preparation

Some countries requires that your passport has at least 6 months validity left.

Reconfirm/check-in online with airline

Reconfirm your flights as there may be airline schedule changes. Your return flight must be reconfirmed at your destination directly with the airline 3 days prior to your departure.

Check flight info for airline & times

Check baggage weights

Personalize luggage

Make sure that your luggage has a tag with your name, address, and telephone number.
Tie a colorful ribbon or attach distinctive stickers to your luggage so that you can identify it easily, and other travelers will not take it by mistake at a busy terminal.

Insurance: Trip cancellation/medical

Change money

Check local destination weather/news

Arrange drop-off/pick-up

Get your air miles in advance

Most companies offer signup and monitoring online. Getting your air miles after your trip is a pain, so better do it in advance.

Home preperation

A pile of newspapers or a stuffed mailbox tells thieves that you are not at home.

Wash clothing

Empty fridge of perishables

Empty trash

Store valuables in a safe place

Turn off heater/air conditioner

Lock all doors and windows

Unplug electronics

Clean home

Leave house key and trip itinerary with a neighbor/friend

Arrange neighborhood watch

Cut hair

Visit doctor/dentist

Change the message on your answering machine

Make your home seem lived-in while away by putting lights and a radio on timers

One way to help protect your home while away on vacation is to make it seem like the homeowners are currently there. This can be done by setting up timer lights throughout the house. Lights can be placed on timers both indoors and out which will present an at home atmosphere. Those who perpetrate breaking and entering crimes will be less likely to target a home which has lights on and may opt for houses which are dark and obviously no one is home.

Documents

Many countries demand that you have such a certificate when you enter their borders.

Health insurance documents

Reservations & itineraries

Copies of tickets/passport/etc.

Remember to keep a close eye on the passport copy - it's a great asset if you lose the original, but can also be used to steal your identity if it gets into the wrong hands.If you have a web based e-mail platform, e-mailing yourself scans/copies of important documents and passport info is a great alternative to hard-copies. It's easier to access, less likely to be stolen, and guaranteed to always be on hand.

Student ID/FHA/Int'l discount cards

Emergency address list/information

Guide book/maps

Passport size photos

You may need a photo to obtain passes, permits, etc.

Language book / translator / phrase book

Membership cards

If you have any of these (AAA, Hertz, Avis, Hilton, etc.), going abroad may be a good opportunity to use them.

International Student Identification Card (ISIC)

Can save you some money in Youth Hostels, trains, museums, planes, so get one if you qualify as a student.

Health & medications

Ask your doctor to provide you with a letter for any prescription medications that you are taking with you. Keep medicine in original containers, if possible.

First aid kit

Diarrhea medicine

Sunburn relief

Glasses

If you require prescription lenses in your glasses, take a spare pair of glasses with you. There is nothing worse than having your glasses break or losing them on holiday and having no spare pair to fall back on.

Diving gear

Diving certificate

Diving log

Fins

Diving mask

Snorkel

BCD

Diving regulator & octopus

Depth Gauge

Submersible Pressure Gauge (SPG)

Dive watch

Dive compass

Wet suit

Dive lights

Dive knife

A small-bladed rustproof stainless-steel sheath knife, with both regular & serrated edges, a flat prying point & a curved inset for slicing nylon lines. The knife -- which is a tool & not a weapon - should strap to the mid-calf.

Dive bag

Diving gloves

Dive Boots/Shoes

Dive tables/dive computer

Save-A-Dive Kit

Weight belt, Weights

Diving tank

Carrying tanks on the plane: tanks need to be empty, with the valve off so they can look inside easily

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